How to Find JOY

https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2015-01-1060-following-god?lang=eng&category=mormon-beliefs

Hello all!!

My lanta...how do I describe this week... had to say goodbye to some of my favorite missionaries as they finished their missions; investigators and others we're working with had crazy setbacks across the board. It was a tough thing (to put it lightly) seeing them suffer, either due to their own choices or the circumstances they were in. All of us, at some point, suffer grief, guilt, pain, regret, etc. The reason that I am a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is that I have found the way to overcome those effects, through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The principles of which will bring you to greater peace and happiness than anything that the world can offer. Regardless of circumstance. The link up top has a brief video which shows us how. Challenge for today: watch it, learn more of it (ask the missionaries! They can help!), and then share it with others. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it, feel free to email me here with any questions. 

Have a wonderful week, 

Love,

Elder Kraus

Enclosed below is a transcript of said video, if for any reason you're unable to view it.

God sees us for who we can be. So how do we get there, and what if we make mistakes along the way? Every day we are faced with choices. To help us make good decisions, Godgives us commandments. Try not to think of them as a big list of rules that get in the way. Instead, each commandment is a light.

Together, they show us the best path in life so we can avoid things that make us unhappy. But we're not perfect. And sometimes we lose sight of God's path, and we find ourselves indarkness. It's a lonely feeling.

That's why we have repentance. It's not about feeling guilty. It's about asking God for help. After all, He loves us. In fact, because His Son, Jesus Christ, paid the price for all our sins andmistakes, we can experience one of the most joyful feelings in the world: forgiveness. It's a light so bright, it makes the shadows of our mistakes disappear. As far as God is concerned,it's like they never happened at all.